EDC 503 - Education in Contemporary SocietyThursday, July 18, 2013Class 07

Learning Goals

• Synthesize ideas about aspects of school reform from several authors
• Use evidence to determine the effects of NCLB and RTTT on poor students in Rhode Island

Agenda

• Opening
  • Recap: Last class: CRs, AAB, and RTTT
  • Today's Goals and Agenda
• PKB Tricks and Strategies
  • How can we extend successful strategies with ubiquitous notes?
  • PKB Page Requirements
  • Page Due on Tuesday - 7/23
• Work in teams to explore the decade's effects on schools, districts, and communities.
  • CR Wrapup Table
  • Resources:
    • School Descriptions in RISchools
    • Legacy School Data (since 1998)
    • Median Family Income by Community - 1999
    • Map: Changes in Poverty since 2000
    • Technical Bulletin: State Funding Formula (Shows % Contribution by RI for each community)
    • News: Woonsocket accused on underfunding schools
• Adopt A Book Synthesis II : Organize for Synthesis and Planning
  • Review classmates' interests using Scope of our Adopt a Book research
  • Review guidelines on Project Page
  • Form teams of four
  • Create Team Page
    • Share books, decide on al least three synthesis questions or ideas.
    • Brainstorm teaching ideas.
  • Create (linked) Adopt-A-Book Pages
• Close
  • Due by end of day: (Revised Book Summary Pages)
  • AAB Team pages started.

Rhode Island's Strategic Plan (Overview - this is enough for our purposes):



Rhode Island's RTTT Application (full narrative):